Crimson Trace

because at the time they were basically buying these like incredibly well-respected brands.

And then the bean counters were like, how can we sell this for cheaper? I mean, look at what happened to Crimson Trace, right? Like they bought Crimson Trace and immediately Crimson Trace started pumping out Chinesium optics and all of that.

And you know, and that's fine because the guy who created Crimson Trace made an airplane full of money and got to go fuck off and do whatever he wanted.

He was one of the nicest guys I ever

met

And I'm having a good time.

What do you do? He's like, oh, I owned a little laser company.

And I go, oh, which one? Crimson Trace.

But, you know, we've...

I kinda lucked out and, and found a company that was looking for an accounting intern, um, and it was in my hometown, and that company was Crimson Trace.

And so I think I was 19 years old when I started working there, uh, in the accounting department, and it was really good because, you know, at, at that point I didn't really know what I wanted to do for a career, um, but that showed me I didn't really wanna be an accountant, um, just working there.

But it was great experience in a lot of ways.

And so, you know, that really, like, gave me a lot of experience fast shooting, um, and I started getting into, like, more three-gun, uh, started hunting a lot more, things like that.

So that really sparked my interest in, in the industry and just the lifestyle of, of being a, a hunter and a shooter and, you know, being into guns.

So, um, I guess, like, to kinda cap off the Crimson Trace days, there were, there was a period of time where I was working more with the sales and marketing team, and I kinda learned that's where I really wanted to spend, you know, my career, I guess, or at least I, I thought at the time.

Um, and so, you know, at some point, three and a half years as an intern is, is too much, and so I ended up, uh, getting laid off from Crimson Trace.